import sys import os def run(): base = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))) ## FIXME: this is kind of crude; if we could create a fake pip ## module, then exec into it and update pip.__path__ properly, we ## wouldn't have to update sys.path: sys.path.insert(0, base) import pip return pip.main() if __name__ == '__main__': exit = run() if exit: sys.exit(exit)